List of the best Jesús Franco movies: The Diabolical Dr. Z(1966), She Killed in Ecstasy(1971), Venus in Furs(1969), Countess Perverse(1974), Jack the Ripper(1976), 99 Women(1969), The Blood of Fu Manchu(1968), Barbed Wire Dolls(1975), Killer Barbys(1996), Revenge in the House of Usher(1988), Vampire Blues(2001), Vampire Junction(2001) ... ...
Horror
France|Spain
1966
86 Minutes
Director
Mabel Karr Howard Vernon Estella Blain Fernando Montes Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui Cris Huerta Alberto Bourbón Lucía Prado Guy Mairesse
Woman seeks to avenge her father's death by using a local dancer, with long poisonous fingernails, to do her bidding.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
West Germany|Spain
1971
77 Minutes
Director
Susann Korda Fred Williams Paul Muller Howard Vernon Ewa Stroemberg Horst Tappert Jesús Franco
After a doctor commits suicide when his research into human embryos is terminated, his wife seduces and then executes revenge upon those she holds responsible.
Horror
UK|Italy|West Germany
1969
86 Minutes
Director
James Darren Barbara McNair Maria Rohm Klaus Kinski Dennis Price Margaret Lee Aldo Lastretti
A musician finds the corpse of a beautiful woman on the beach. The woman returns from the dead to take revenge on those responsible for her death.
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Spain|West Germany|Italy|Liechtenstein|UK
1974
78 Minutes
Director
Alice Arno Howard Vernon Kali Hansa Lina Romay Tania Busselier Robert Wood Monica Swinn Caroline Rivière Pierre Taylou
Count Dracula, a gray-haired vampire who regains his youth by dining on the blood of maidens, is pursued in London and Transylvania by Professor Van Helsing, Jonathan Harker and Quincey Morris after he victimizes them and their loved ones.
Horror
Switzerland|West Germany|Spain
1976
95 Minutes
Director
Klaus Kinski Josephine Chaplin Herbert Fux Andreas Mannkopff Lina Romay Nikola Weisse Ursula von Wiese
A serial killer whose mother was a prostitute starts killing streetwalkers as a way of paying back his mother for her abuse.
Crime, Drama
Liechtenstein|Spain|Italy|West Germany|UK
1969
84 Minutes
Director
Off the coast of Panama, there is an island with a female penal colony, run by a sadistic superintendent. When several prisoners mysteriously die, leading to a breakout and mutiny, an extensive investigation of the horrific events begins.
Horror, Adventure, Crime, Drama
UK|West Germany|Spain
1968
92 Minutes
Director
Christopher Lee Richard Greene Howard Marion-Crawford Tsai Chin Götz George Ricardo Palacios Shirley Eaton Maria Rohm Frances Kahn Marcelo Arroita-Jauregui Vicente Roca
mad scientist slave enemy man intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing brooding rainforest south america hole headquarters poison danger moonshine blindness death adventure discovery
Fu Manchu inoculates ten women with poison, to kill ten world leaders.
Crime, Drama
Switzerland
1975
90 Minutes
Director
Lina Romay Paul Muller Monica Swinn Roger Darton Ronald Weiss Martine Stedil Eric Falk Jesús Franco Peggy Markoff Nathalie Mann Denis Torre
Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.
Horror
Spain
1996
89 Minutes
Director
Aldo Sanbrell Maria Angela Giordano Santiago Segura Silvia Superstar Charlie S. Chaplin Angie Barea Carlos Subterfuge Billy King
While driving on tour late night through a lonely road in the countryside of Spain, the van of the punk band "Killer Barbys" has an accident and breaks down. A creepy old man invites the ... See full summary »
Horror
Spain|France
1988
93 Minutes
Director
Howard Vernon Antonio Mayans Lina Romay Daniel White José Llamas Fata Morgana Ana Galán Antonio Marín
A young doctor visits the secluded home of his ailing mentor - Eric Usher - who believes the house itself is alive and plotting to drive him insane, manifesting itself through ghostly apparitions.
Horror
USA
2001
91 Minutes
Director
Analia Ivars Rachel Sheppard
After receiving a tape from Doctor Spencer about a strange town called Sh*t City in the U.S. Southwest, journalist Alice Brown [Lina Romay] decides to travel there in order to interview him... See full synopsis »
Western, Horror
USA
2001
94 Minutes
Director
Lina Romay Paul Lapidus
After receiving a tape from Doctor Spencer about a strange town called Sh*t City in the U.S. Southwest, journalist Alice Brown [Lina Romay] decides to travel there in order to interview him... See full synopsis »
Horror
France|Spain
1982
85 Minutes
Director
Manuel Gelin France Jordan Jeff Montgomery Eric Viellard Henri Lambert Myriam Landson Caroline Audret Albino Graziani
An expedition searching for treasure supposedly buried by the German army in the African desert during WW II comes up against an army of Nazi zombies guarding the fortune.
Horror
1968
80 Minutes
Director
Janine Reynaud Rossana Yanni Adrian Hoven Chris Howland Michel Lemoine Manolo Otero Ana Casares Manuel Velasco
Horror
1970
89 Minutes
Screenwriter
Soledad Miranda Dennis Price Paul Muller Ewa Stroemberg Heidrun Kussin Michael Berling Victor Feldman Jesús Franco
vampire lesbian doctor nightclub employee dreamy gory hedonistic sultry istanbul remote island nightclub lesbianism vampires hidden agenda sex dreams discovery metamorphosis temptation 1970s
Horror
1970
98 Minutes
Director
Christopher Lee Herbert Lom Klaus Kinski Fred Williams Maria Rohm Soledad Miranda Paul Muller Jack Taylor
count dracula young woman vampire lawyer bleak brutal creepy disturbing eerie transylvania castle vampires fear bloodlust death violence discovery escape mystery rescue
Van Helsing (Herbert Lom) hunts the white-haired vampire count (Christopher Lee) who needs human blood to feel young.
Horror
1969
84 Minutes
Director
Christopher Lee Leo Genn Maria Schell Maria Rohm Margaret Lee Howard Vernon Diana Lorys Jose Maria Prada Pietro Martellanza José María Blanco John Thompson
A sadistic witch hunter carves a path of terror through the once-peaceful countryside in 17th-century England.
Horror
1967
91 Minutes
Director
Janine Reynaud Jack Taylor Michel Lemoine Howard Vernon Nathalie Nort Pier A. Caminnecci Adrian Hoven Americo Coimbra Lina De Wolf Eva Brauner
A demon (Michel Lemoine) uses a dancer (Janine Reynaud) in a sadomasochists' nightclub to gather corrupt souls.
Horror, Drama
1970
81 Minutes
Director
Maria Rohm Marie Liljedahl Jack Taylor Christopher Lee Paul Muller Anney Kablan María Luisa Ponte Uta Dahlberg Herbert Fux
Mystery & Thriller
1975
80 Minutes
Director
Lina Romay Martine Stedil Nathalie Chape Roger Darton
Horror
1969
92 Minutes
Director
Christopher Lee Maria Perschy Richard Greene Tsai Chin Günther Stoll Howard Marion-Crawford Jose Manuel Martin Rosalba Neri Werner Abrolat Jesús Franco Herbert Fux
An Asian villain (Christopher Lee), now in Istanbul, plans to take over the world with a freezing machine.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
West Germany|Spain
1971
77 Minutes
Director
Susann Korda Fred Williams Paul Muller Howard Vernon Ewa Stroemberg Horst Tappert Jesús Franco
After a doctor commits suicide when his research into human embryos is terminated, his wife seduces and then executes revenge upon those she holds responsible.
Crime, Drama
Switzerland
1975
90 Minutes
Director
Lina Romay Paul Muller Monica Swinn Roger Darton Ronald Weiss Martine Stedil Eric Falk Jesús Franco Peggy Markoff Nathalie Mann Denis Torre
Women's prison tale, with Lina Romay as Maria who is jailed after killing her father, played by director Jess Franco, who tries to rape her. Lesbian wardens, torture, nudity, sex, insanity and conspiracy round out the formula.
Horror
1970
89 Minutes
Screenwriter
Soledad Miranda Dennis Price Paul Muller Ewa Stroemberg Heidrun Kussin Michael Berling Victor Feldman Jesús Franco
vampire lesbian doctor nightclub employee dreamy gory hedonistic sultry istanbul remote island nightclub lesbianism vampires hidden agenda sex dreams discovery metamorphosis temptation 1970s
Horror
1969
92 Minutes
Director
Christopher Lee Maria Perschy Richard Greene Tsai Chin Günther Stoll Howard Marion-Crawford Jose Manuel Martin Rosalba Neri Werner Abrolat Jesús Franco Herbert Fux
An Asian villain (Christopher Lee), now in Istanbul, plans to take over the world with a freezing machine.